Robert Ormerod Preusser
Black Bird at Night

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Black Bird at Night
Date1951
PlaceUnited States
MediumPaint on parchment paper, mounted onto illustration board
DimensionsSheet: 6 9/16 × 9 in. (16.6 × 22.9 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Eleanor Freed Stern
Object number93.170
Not on view

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recto lower left in ink: ROBERT PREUSSER

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